Rebekah Ruth Walker and Andrew David Denton were married Aug. 15 at Mountain Brook Community Church. Dr. Frank M. Barker and Dr. Chris Lamb officiated the ceremony. A reception followed at the church.
The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert P. Walker Jr. of Birmingham. The groom is the son of Mr. Ed Denton and the late Mrs. Cheryl Denton of Birmingham.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a drop waist satin gown with a sweetheart neckline, lace cap sleeves and a full ball gown skirt. It had alternating satin and crystal buttons down the back of the dress and a cathedral train, crystal and pearl beading at the drop waist and heavy cutwork lace on the bodice and along the hemline and train. She wore a cathedral-length veil of illusion and carried a bouquet of roses, lavender and baby’s breath as well as a Denton family heirloom handkerchief, which had been carried by several of the Denton family brides including the groom’s late mother.
The bride was attended by her cousin, Whitney Walker Napier, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Lydia Marie Walker and Elisabeth Joyce Mitchelle Walker, sisters of the bride, of Birmingham; Anne Marie Grewio, cousin of the bride, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Melanie Matthews Denton, sister-in-law of the bride, of Simpsonville, South Carolina; Amber Lecroy of Powellsville, Tennessee; Fleur Allen Matthews of Greenville, South Carolina; and Joy Hibbert of Concord, New Hampshire. Bess Williamson was the flower girl.
The father of the groom was the best man. Groomsmen were Benjamin Walker, brother of the bride, Joey McConnell and David Tompkins, all of Birmingham; Peyton Denton of Simpsonville, South Carolina; James Drake of Coral Gables, Florida; Dan Butz and Clay Fuqua of Atlanta. Hudson and Bo Blackmon were the ring bearers.
After a wedding trip to Hawaii, the couple lives in Tallahassee, Florida.
